The plot, described by one official as being “as serious as it gets,” involved a plan to shoot moviegoers at a Washington State mall as they fled an explosion.

An Oregon teen has been arrested in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, in southwestern Washington, officials said. The suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed due to his age,

The charges faced by a teen accused of making a “detailed and imminent” plan for a mass shooting at a Kelso mall were released by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. Read online: